Clare's carnation flower tutorial

Wow, Clare is the queen of flower tutorials and put together a great video showing how to make a lovely carnation.  This is my attempt and I'm really pleased how it turned out.  Thanks Clare!

Here's the link to her tutorial if you want to have a go.  http://clare-buswell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/paper-carnation-flower-tutorial-video.html

Winding up my DIL

My DIL, Nicola, has been very busy rushing around doing a hundred things at once so I thought I'd make her a card to put a smile on her face.  I love the way her arms move and the wheels she runs on!

The image was a freebie from the geckogalz papercrafting group and the gorgeous flower and pleated ribbon are Prima.

Seedsman's purse mystery

Now here's a picture of a paper "Seedsman's purse" I made ages ago and forgot all about posting.  I can remember the name of the tutorial because it was so unusual and I really liked how it turned out but I can't remember where I saw it and of course, the piece has been sent off to a friend at the other end of the country so I can't have a look to see how it was folded.  I wonder if anyone recognises it?    It was made from one sheet of 12x12 paper and formed a neat little pocket to hold some goodies which was then closed with the flap and tie at the top. 

Thanks again for your kind comments - I really do appreciate them.  Margie x

Little French tag book

A little French tag book made for a friend who loves this theme as much as I do.  Isn't that picture of Marie Antoinette on the front just beautiful?  I've got lots of projects on the go at the minute but not much is getting finished as I keep getting distracted by loads of other things going on.  Its been a great long weekend though with Jubilee celebrations and a visit from our son and daughter in law.  Its been a while since we've seen them and it was great catching up.  Hope everyone has enjoyed the weekend - whatever you've been up to. x

White "vase" made from card

I've been really busy lately making lots of paper flowers for our Craft group's display for the Jubilee Flower Festival next weekend and I was given the task of making a "vase" to display everyone's work in.  Well - seeing as we are a papercrafting group, I thought I'd make one from card and this is how it turned out.

I really like the embossing which was done with a Craft Concepts folder called Blooming Season but I'm even more impressed with the fact that the sides all matched up when I put it together.  I'm not the best at designing things but I couldn't find a template anywhere so had to start from scratch.  Just hope nobody decides to put any water into it!

Ooh La La!

Made this tag for a French-themed swap with my crafting buddies. 

I used stamped tissue for the background then made the little banner and added lots of bits and pieces.  I love the lace which was handmade in Nottingham but a little bit goes a long way!  Thanks for all your lovely comments on my efforts - I really appreciate it. x

I've ordered some Christy Tomlinson "she-art" stuff from the US and can't wait to get messy with it.  She has such confidence - wish I could just go for it like she does but it takes me so long to decide what to do!  As someone once said: "I thought I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure!" LOL

Paper roses with leaves!

Oh, we love these!  My sister in law has been staying for a few days and we've had a great time crafting.  We made paper roses and then spotted this leaf tutorial from the very talented Clare here http://clare-buswell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/leaf-tutorial.html  and we were smitten.  Here's the results which we are both very pleased with.  Just hope we can remember which ones belong to who LOL.